“Dried *** and preserved animal parts
contain the energy of dying
and must therefore be carefully avoided.”
The Most Essential Feng Shui
from the Library of the Dreaming
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth), 1:2
“If to the moment I shall ever say:
"Ah, linger on, thou art so fair!"
Then may you fetters on me lay,
Then will I perish, then and there!”
Goethe, Faust
translation by
George Madison Priest
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Don’t you know this?
Catching butterflies,
Drying roses,
Exercising caution –
These are all – futilities;
The skies
trying to pretend –
they were the ocean.
And a crumpled smell
of stifled dreams
on the tips of fingers -
Crushing petals,
Rubbing wings…
And – stopping time, it seems…
Souls are like quicksilver.
Living metal.
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И по-русски:
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Видишь ли,
Гербарии, сачок –
Это все –
Попытки от бессилья.
Розу –
в крепко сжатый кулачок,
Бабочку -
за радужные крылья…
И на пальцах –
Запах, прах, пыльца,
Тлен воспоминаний.
Радость боли.
В унисон стучащие сердца –
Что ж еще?
Мгновенья вечность, что ли?